Voyager 1's interstellar moment . Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to explore interstellar space — the space between the stars in a galaxy — when it was 122 astronomical units (AU ...

Voyager 1, First Craft in Interstellar Space, ... When Voyager 1 launched in 1977, scientists hoped it could do what it was built to do and take up-close images of Jupiter and Saturn.

In the vast expanse of interstellar space, Voyager 1 continues its extraordinary journey, defying expectations and pushing ...

And half of the 50 years, NASA Voyager 1 has spent billions of miles traveling into interstellar space. In October, it went ...

But it’s just one of many challenges the mission team has had to face in recent years as Voyager 1, and its twin probe, Voyager 2, continue to defy the odds and explore space more than 47 years ...

The Voyager probes we sent from Earth back in the 70s found an incredible 'wall of fire' at the edge of our solar system ...

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They were also not the first missions to carry a message intended for extraterrestrial beings should they reach interstellar ...

Out where the Sun shrinks to a bright pin, Voyager 1 is getting a cosmic suntan. Nearly 24 billion kilometers from Florida’s launchpad, the 48-year-old ...

NASA/JPL-Caltech via CNN Newsource This artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma ...